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The Africa of Albert Schweitzer

by Charles R Joy, Melvin Arnold ...

In the heart of equatorial Africa, where the jungle meets the river and the air hums with the weight of an ancient world, one man chose to abandon comfort, fame, and the admiration of Europe to answer a call that few could hear and fewer still would follow. Albert Schweitzer, theologian, musician, and philosopher, walked away from a life of extraordinary privilege to build a hospital in Lambarene, ... Read more

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In the heart of equatorial Africa, where the jungle meets the river and the air hums with the weight of an ancient world, one man chose to abandon comfort, fame, and the admiration of Europe to answer a call that few could hear and fewer still would follow. Albert Schweitzer, theologian, musician, and philosopher, walked away from a life of extraordinary privilege to build a hospital in Lambarene,
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A Pattern of Islands. Illustrated

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Arthur Grimble’s A Pattern of Islands is a captivating memoir and travel classic that offers a rare and deeply personal portrait of life in the remote Pacific islands during the early twentieth century. Drawing upon his years as a colonial administrator in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands—now known as Kiribati and Tuvalu—Grimble combines adventure, anthropology, history, and vivid storytelling into ... Read more

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Arthur Grimble’s A Pattern of Islands is a captivating memoir and travel classic that offers a rare and deeply personal portrait of life in the remote Pacific islands during the early twentieth century. Drawing upon his years as a colonial administrator in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands—now known as Kiribati and Tuvalu—Grimble combines adventure, anthropology, history, and vivid storytelling into
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Heart of Darkness and Other Tales

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HEART OF DARKNESS * AN OUTPOST OF PROGRESS * KARAIN * YOUTH The finest of all Conrad's tales, 'Heart of Darkness' is set in an atmosphere of mystery and menace, and tells of Marlow's perilous journey up the Congo River to relieve his employer's agent, the renowned and formidable Mr Kurtz. What he sees on his journey, and his eventual encounter with Kurtz, horrify and perplex him, and call into ... Read more

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HEART OF DARKNESS * AN OUTPOST OF PROGRESS * KARAIN * YOUTH The finest of all Conrad's tales, 'Heart of Darkness' is set in an atmosphere of mystery and menace, and tells of Marlow's perilous journey up the Congo River to relieve his employer's agent, the renowned and formidable Mr Kurtz. What he sees on his journey, and his eventual encounter with Kurtz, horrify and perplex him, and call into
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The Traveller's Tree

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In the late 1940s Patrick Leigh Fermor, now widely regarded as one of the twentieth century’s greatest travel writers, set out to explore the then relatively little-visited islands of the Caribbean. Rather than a comprehensive political or historical study of the region, The Traveller’s Tree, Leigh Fermor’s first book, gives us his own vivid, idiosyncratic impressions of Guadeloupe, Martinique, ... Read more

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In the late 1940s Patrick Leigh Fermor, now widely regarded as one of the twentieth century’s greatest travel writers, set out to explore the then relatively little-visited islands of the Caribbean. Rather than a comprehensive political or historical study of the region, The Traveller’s Tree, Leigh Fermor’s first book, gives us his own vivid, idiosyncratic impressions of Guadeloupe, Martinique,
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"Exterminate All the Brutes"

One Man's Odyssey into the Heart of Darkness and the Origins of European Genocide

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Now part of the eponymous HBO docuseries written and directed by Raoul Peck, “Exterminate All the Brutes” is a brilliant intellectual history of Europe’s genocidal colonization of Africa—and the terrible myths and lies that it spawned“A book of stunning range and near genius. . . . The catastrophic consequences of European imperialism are made palpable in the personal progress of the author, a ... Read more

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Now part of the eponymous HBO docuseries written and directed by Raoul Peck, “Exterminate All the Brutes” is a brilliant intellectual history of Europe’s genocidal colonization of Africa—and the terrible myths and lies that it spawned“A book of stunning range and near genius. . . . The catastrophic consequences of European imperialism are made palpable in the personal progress of the author, a
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Answering the Call

The Doctor Who Made Africa His Life: The Remarkable Story of Albert Schweitzer

by Ken Gire ...

A Christian author's inspiring biography of the Nobel Peace Prize–winning theologian and physician who built a hospital in French Equatorial Africa.As a young man, Albert Schweitzer seemed destined for greatness. His immense talent and fortitude drove him to become one of twentieth century Europe's most renowned philosophers, theologians, and musicians. Yet Schweitzer shocked his contemporaries by ... Read more

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A Christian author's inspiring biography of the Nobel Peace Prize–winning theologian and physician who built a hospital in French Equatorial Africa.As a young man, Albert Schweitzer seemed destined for greatness. His immense talent and fortitude drove him to become one of twentieth century Europe's most renowned philosophers, theologians, and musicians. Yet Schweitzer shocked his contemporaries by
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Jack London's Science Fiction Collection

by Jack London, Gordon Grant (Illustrator) ...

FREE Audiobook + Author's Biography + Interactive Table of ContentsDystopian Plague Classic! The year is 2072, and the earth has been depopulated by a plague epidemic that struck in 2013. The victims of the scarlet plague are dead within an hour or less of the first symptoms appearing. The plague is so swift that research laboratories are wiped out even as scientists are racing toward a cure. As ... Read more

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FREE Audiobook + Author's Biography + Interactive Table of ContentsDystopian Plague Classic! The year is 2072, and the earth has been depopulated by a plague epidemic that struck in 2013. The victims of the scarlet plague are dead within an hour or less of the first symptoms appearing. The plague is so swift that research laboratories are wiped out even as scientists are racing toward a cure. As
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The Mammoth Book of Predators

by Alex MacCormick ...

Series Book 396 - Mammoth Books
Don't go into the woods today. . .If you're on a cruise, tramping through a forest or holidaying in an exotic location, you are constantly being watched - somewhere close by a creature is lurking, stalking and eyeing your every move. The variety and range of these potential predators is truly astonishing, from Asiatic wolves to rogue elephants, fire ants to sharks, snakes, crocodiles and grizzlies ... Read more

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Don't go into the woods today. . .If you're on a cruise, tramping through a forest or holidaying in an exotic location, you are constantly being watched - somewhere close by a creature is lurking, stalking and eyeing your every move. The variety and range of these potential predators is truly astonishing, from Asiatic wolves to rogue elephants, fire ants to sharks, snakes, crocodiles and grizzlies
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Dreaming the Karoo

A People Called the /Xam

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A spellbinding new book by the much-acclaimed writer, a journey to South Africa in search of the lost people called the /Xam - a haunting book about the brutality of colonial frontiers and the fate of those they dispossess.In spring 2020, Julia Blackburn travelled to the Karoo region of South Africa to see for herself the ancestral lands that had once belonged to an indigenous group called the ... Read more

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A spellbinding new book by the much-acclaimed writer, a journey to South Africa in search of the lost people called the /Xam - a haunting book about the brutality of colonial frontiers and the fate of those they dispossess.In spring 2020, Julia Blackburn travelled to the Karoo region of South Africa to see for herself the ancestral lands that had once belonged to an indigenous group called the
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The Scarlet Plague

by Jack London ...

Series series Hesperus Modern Voices
An old man walks along deserted railway tracks, long since unused and overgrown; beside him a young, feral boy helps him along. It has been 60 years since the great Red Death wiped out mankind, and the handful of survivors from all walks of life have established their own civilization and their own hierarchy in a savage world. Art, science, and all learning has been lost, and the young descendants ... Read more

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An old man walks along deserted railway tracks, long since unused and overgrown; beside him a young, feral boy helps him along. It has been 60 years since the great Red Death wiped out mankind, and the handful of survivors from all walks of life have established their own civilization and their own hierarchy in a savage world. Art, science, and all learning has been lost, and the young descendants
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The Scarlet Plague (Mobi Classics)

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The story takes place in 2072, sixty years after the scarlet plague has depopulated the planet. James Howard Smith is one of the few people left alive in the San Francisco area, and as he realizes his time grows short, he tries to impart the value of knowledge and wisdom to his grandsons. American society at the time of the plague has become severely stratified and there is a large hereditary ... Read more

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The story takes place in 2072, sixty years after the scarlet plague has depopulated the planet. James Howard Smith is one of the few people left alive in the San Francisco area, and as he realizes his time grows short, he tries to impart the value of knowledge and wisdom to his grandsons. American society at the time of the plague has become severely stratified and there is a large hereditary
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The Great Australian Loneliness

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by Ernestine Hill ...

'This is the story of a journalist's journey round and across Australia... It was in July 1930 that I first set out, a wandering "copy-boy" with swag and typewriter, to find what lay beyond the railway lines...'Ernestine Hill's classic account of travelling in the Australian outback, in a pilgrimage of many years and 100,000 miles."The most picturesque account of our outback that has yet been ... Read more

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'This is the story of a journalist's journey round and across Australia... It was in July 1930 that I first set out, a wandering "copy-boy" with swag and typewriter, to find what lay beyond the railway lines...'Ernestine Hill's classic account of travelling in the Australian outback, in a pilgrimage of many years and 100,000 miles."The most picturesque account of our outback that has yet been
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